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Who We Are
Founded in 1879, the Colorado Historical Society brings the unique
character of Colorado's past to more than a million people each
year through historical museums and highway markers, exhibitions,
manuscript and photograph collections, popular and scholarly publications,
historical and archaeological preservation services, and educational
programs for children and adults. In short, the Society collects,
preserves, and interprets the history of Colorado for present and
future generations. A nonprofit agency with its own
membership, the Society is also a state
institution located within Colorado's Department
of Higher Education.
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Museums and Historic Sites
The Colorado Historical Society operates twelve historic
sites and museums at 10 locations around the state, including the Colorado History Museum
in Denver. Each has its own regional character and thematic focus-from
the days of the fur trade along the South Platte and Arkansas Rivers
to early Hispanic life and settlement in southern Colorado, the
Ute Indians of the Western Slope, the Clear Creek gold rush, the
Leadville silver boom, and the growth of Denver.
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Our Mission: To Collect, Preserve, and Interpret
The Society's collections-protected, conserved, and held in trust
for all of Colorado's people-contain more than 125,000 artifacts
and eight million historical documents, including books, maps, photographs,
diaries, and newspapers. From these historical treasures and tools
of knowledge, we prepare exhibitions,
publications,
and educational programs-and
we offer a full range of services for researchers through the Society's
Stephen H.
Hart Library. Historians, archaeologists, and preservationists
of all kinds may also explore the vast database of Colorado's visible
past-and link to other preservation resources-through the Office
of Archaeology
& Historic Preservation. And, whether for business or pleasure,
many of the Society's statewide facilities
offer excellent, history-rich settings for special events.
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Join Our Community
The Society carries out its mission-and continues its work-with the
support of 8,500 individual and family members, more than 80 corporate
members and sponsors, a professional staff of 113, a volunteer corps
of approximately 800, and four special advisory councils representing
the diversity of Colorado's people. We welcome you to become a part
of our community-as a volunteer,
intern, dues-paying member, staff
member, corporate member, or corporate sponsor.
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CHS Annual Report
The Society's annual report offers a lively look at
the organization's accomplishments. You can download a copy of the 2006-07 report as a PDF file by clicking here. You will need Adobe© Acrobat Reader© to view it.
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